Early Quenya
fanya
noun. cloud
malina
adjective. yellow
Cognates
- G. malon “yellow”
Element in
- Eq. kankale-malina “daffodil, (lit.) yellow laughter” ✧ QL/044
- Eq. oïkta rámavoite malinai “*of yellow birds on the wing” ✧ VT40/08
Variations
- malin(d) ✧ QL/058
malin(d)
adjective. yellow
taime
noun. sky
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ LT1A/Telimektar; QL/087
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TAHA > Taime [taximē] > [taxime] > [taɣime] > [taime] ✧ QL/087 Variations
- Taimë ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- Taimië ✧ LT1A/Telimektar
- tea ✧ PE16/142
- Taime ✧ QL/088
- Taimie ✧ QL/088
taimie
noun. sky
tea
noun. sky
aulo
noun. cloud
lossa
adjective. white
Derivations
- ᴱ√LOSO
Element in
- Eq. losselie telerinwa “the white people of the shores of Elfland” ✧ MC/216; PE16/092
- Eq. ondoli losse karkane “the white rocks snarling” ✧ MC/213
ninqe
adjective. white
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
Element in
- Eq. kildo kirya ninqe “a white ship one saw” ✧ MC/220; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. kirilde tinwelinqe ✧ PE16/056
- Eq. man kiluva kirya ninqe? “Who shall see a white ship?” ✧ MC/213; MC/213
- Eq. máno kiluvando ninqe lutya kirya wilwarindon “*who shall see a white ship sailing like a butterfly” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
- Eq. ninqeru “male personified form of white” ✧ PE16/100
- Eq. niqileninqe “snow-white” ✧ QL/066
- Eq. ondolin ninqanéron “the rocks lay white” ✧ PE16/062; PE16/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NIQI > ninqe [niŋkʷi] > [niŋkʷe] ✧ QL/066 Variations
- ninqë ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
- ninkve ✧ PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/077
A word for “the sky” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with variants Taime and Taimie from the early root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] (QL/87). ᴱQ. tea “sky” from Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s is probably related, as suggested by Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson (PE16/142).